British model and TV presenter Melanie Sykes rose to prominence
with the Boddington Beer campaign in 1997. She has since become the
face of Head & Shoulders shampoo in the UK as well as the high
street chain Matalan, among others. As TV presenter, Sykes is known
for presenting Channel 4's “The Big Breakfast”
(1997-2001), and ITV's “Today with Des and Mel”
(2003-2005) and “Loose Women” (2005-2006). She has
filled in Paul O'Grady several times in “The Paul O'Grady
Show.”

Sykes co-penned the book “Blooming Beautiful: My Plan for
Looking Great, Being Healthy and Surviving Hormonal Havoc, Throughout
Pregnancy and as a New Mum” with Hilary Boyd. It was published
in 2006 through Michael Joseph Ltd.

Sykes has split from her seven-year husband, Daniel Caltagirone.
They have two young children. Previously, she was romantically linked
to singer/songwriter Matt Goss for five years.

Mother of 2

Childhood and Family:

Melanie Sykes was born on August 7, 1970, in Manchester, England.
The daughter of an Anglo-Indian mother, she has an older sister,
Samantha, and a younger sister, Stacy. Melanie was educated at
Mossley Hollins High School and Ashton Sixth Form College, in which
she studied A Level Religious Studies. She played the euphonium in
her father's group, Stalybridge Brass Band.

In January 2001, Melanie was married to Daniel Caltagirone, an
Italian. They welcomed a son, Roman, in the following year. Their
second son, Valentino Luca, was born on July 21, 2004. As of July
2008, Melanie has separated from her husband.

The Big Breakfast

Career:

Melanie Sykes first enjoyed fame as the bikini-clad girl on the
Boddington Beer TV commercials in 1997. Subsequently, she presented
America's “Real TV” (1997), hosted “Dream Ticket”
(1997), a documentary for London Weekend Television (LWT) and became
co-presenter in Channel 4's morning talk-show, “The Big
Breakfast,” which was nominated for a 1998 National Television
Award in the category of Most Popular Daytime Programme. She was on
the show from 1997 to 2001. In 1999, she presented Melanie Sykes'
“Southall Stories,” a documentary for BBC2 on Asian
culture in Great Britain, and acted in the short film “Justified
Technophobe” in the following year, playing Eve.

Despite an immediate start, Sykes' television career entered a
setback for a period. She made a triumphant return in 2003 when she
was hired as host in ITV's “Today with Des and Mel,” a
post she held until the show's cancellation in 2005. In the meantime,
she also did other work for ITV like “The British Soap Awards
2003,” “Celebrities Under Pressure” (2003-2004),
“The Vault” (2003-2004) and “National Television
Awards Party of the Year” (2004). From 2005 to 2006, she was
panelist on the ITV daytime talk-show “Loose Women.”

Sykes, who had her own radio show on Galaxy FM, presented “The
A List,” a nationally aired radio talk show based on total
sales, for London's Heart 106.2. She departed the show, which was
produced by Unique the Production Company, at the end of 2006 and was
replaced by Gail Porter.

In November 2006, Sykes substituted Paul O'Grady in the
long-running chat show “The Paul O'Grady Show” when the
award-winning TV personality took leave from his show. She was
invited back to the series in May 2007, November 2007 and later from
51 to 18 April 2008, when O'Grady was sick.

Sykes was a presenter in “Gene Detective” (2007), a
10-part daytime documentary/reality-TV seris where she follows the
process of genealogist Anthony Adolph when he exploits the current
research techniques to help people hunt long lost relatives.

Recently, in 2008, Sykes, who has added several more TV
commercials since Boddington's beer such as Head & Shoulders
shampoo, the high street chain Matalan and BrightHouse, made a
sensual pose for men's magazine FHM. Besides, she became a judge on
“The Sofa Factor” for GMTV.

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